Filed under: Biodiesel, Emerging Technologies
Virent Energy Systems has taken a major step in the certification process of its biofuel. Virent's much-like-gas biofuel successfully completed road tests organized and executed by Virent's collaborator, Shell. The tests found Virent's biofuel caused "no harm" to vehicles when compared to Shell's pump gas.
For testing purposes, Shell used five identical pairs of late-model European vehicles. Five of the vehicles were fueled with Shell gas, and the other five burned an undisclosed blend of gas and Virent's biofuel. Each vehicle was then driven 6,000 miles, after which the engines were dismantled and inspected. All ten automobiles, regardless of fuel used, were found to be in the same condition.
This road trial is one of several necessary steps in Virent's journey towards fuel certification. At the end of its three-year-long project, Virent, using its proprietary near-zero-outside energy BioForming process, expects to deliver a fuel that can replace gasoline.
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